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W2 . Tl ■ > I JJl x i A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. IT. NO. 33 GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895. $1.00 A YEAR. “WORKING THEIR JAWS” CONSTITUTIONAL MAKERSARE DONIQ THAT THING. Every Sentence of Every Clause of Each Article in the Proposed Constitution is Care fully Considered. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Coli mbia, S. C., Sept.. 3<».—Should an outsider ask : “What has theCon- stitiitioiial Convention done?” very little could be told that it had done, but to the reporter who follows the work of the session from day to day it seema that a great deal is being done, or at least in the words of Mr. W. I). Evans “a great many of the members are working their jaws very hard." There is a great deal of dis cussion on every measure presented, and probably many will say that there is too much talking, but who Is to judge? Who knows but that it best that each man, who holds a con trary opinion to every other one, should express himself? Hut whether it is best or not that is what is being done. Every sentence of every clause of each article in the proposed Con stitution is carefu M .v considered be fore it is passed by the Convention, and when the Constitution asa whole comes from the hands of the Commit tee on Order. Style and Revision, and passes through the Convention again, as it will have to do, it will be a well rounded document and as fully adapted to the needs of the people of South Carolina as 100 earnest, and for the most part competent men will be able to make it. It is becoming more apparent as each article is discussed that the new constitution will differ from the pres ent one in many more respects than was at first supposed. It was gener ally said before the Convention met that it would meet make a new suf frage law and then go home, but there are many other features of the gov ernment that will he more radically changed than the suffrage plan promi se's to be, but on the whole every change i* in tin* line of progress, and it cannot be said that any of them, at least so far, savors of factional politics. Another thing, it looks now us if the Convention has just commenced its work, and that hardly the middle of the session lias been reached. There are those who think that the session will last five weeks longer, but the general opinion is that proba bly four weeks longer will mark the end. The real work of the Conven tion is just commencing. The com mittees have been doing all the work heretofore. They have digested the ideas and plans of ail the members that have been presented to them in writing, carefully seeding out all that was bad, considering much that in doubtful, but retaining all that seemed best to them. How much their work will be changed by the Convention remains to be seen, but judging by the only article—the one oti the Executive Department—that has been adopted, there will not be many material changes in the reports of any of the committees. ^ The report of the Committee on the Executive Department was presented on last Monday, 211 rd, audit was not adopted until Saturday, five days af terwards. Hut that does not mean that it was the only report consid ered, for considerable progress was made on the reports of the Commit tee on Municipal Corporations and Police Regulations, and the report of the Committee on Legislative Depart ment. In the Executive Department about the onlj changes that have been made in the present constitution is the establishment of a Hoard of Par dons which will examine into every mutter of calling for the executive clemency, and report to the Governor their findings. Their work will be , only one of dealing with detoil, and presenting each matter in a succinct form for the consideration of the Governor. Their report will not hava any binding effect upon him, and he can act as he sees it regardless of the recommendations of the Hoard of Par dons. Another change is the confer ring upon the Governor power, under i certain restrictions, to suspend a sus pected defaulting county official until the conduct of the official can be passed upon by a court and jury. It does not give the power of permanent removal unless the official is found guilty of malfeasance by a jury. The Convention adjourned on Sut- . unlay when it bad under considera- tt'on the pay of members of the Gen eral Assembly. The report of the Committee recommends that the pay he fixed at $il per day, and five cents mileage. Mr. Gray, of Greenville, moved to amend by making it $1 a day with five rents mileage. The Convention refused to lay thisnmend- mendment on the table, but adjourn- #d before deciding whether it would adopt the fl a day or not. A very respectable number of the delegates think that this matter should not be Mitlnthe Constitution, but should be left entirely to the Legislature it self. From present indications they will not be able to carry their point, and future legislatures will probably have this matter fixed for them. Another important innovation in this department is the change of the date of meeting from the 4th Tuesday in November to the 2nd Tuesday in January, and the session will be limi ted to forty days with pay, but it may continue longer without pay. This provision will not apply to the first four sessions of the legislature after the adoption of the Consti tution. as it is expected that there will so many matters for their con sideration that they will not be able to get through in forty days. As to the date of meeting, the next legisla ture will assemble, of course, on the 4th Tuesday in November, two months from now, but the next ses sion after that will not he held until the 2nd Tuesday in January 18f)7. The Article on Municipal Corpora tions and Police Regulations was al most finished, 1 he Convention leav ing off at that clause relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors. The Committee proposed three alterna tives, dispensary, license, or prohi bition. Mr. Of ay ton, of Florence, proposed an amendment allowing only two alternatives, dispensary, or prohibition, and it looked very much as if that amendment was to be adopted, when Senator Tillman asked that the debate be adjourned until the matter could be carefully consid ered by the “fanner lawyers" and an iron clad amendment prepared. The amendment which he has proposed provides for three alternatives, dis pensary. license, or prohibition, but prohibits license except to sell alco holic liquors between the hours of 5 a. m. atnl 7 p. m., and then in sealed packages of not less than half pint, and not to be drunk on tin* premises. In other words the dispensary fea tures attached to a license form. Roth of these two articles will pro bably be passed during the present week, and possibly several other. Among the others ready furjeonsider- ations are: The article on Finance and Taxa tion, The article on impeachments. The article on amendments, The artich^on Militia. The article on Penal and Charita ble Institutions, The article on Counties and County Government, on which there are two reports, the Committee being divided six and six, The article on Miscellaneous Mut ters, The article on Corporations, and The Article on the Declaration of Rights. All the other article will probably be reported during the week, and there will be nothing to prevent day and night session of the Convention as it has determined upon. The re maining article to he reported are: On .1 udicial Department, On Education, On Rights of Suffrage, On Eminent Domain, and On Jurisprudence. . It goes without sayinfc. that the first three named article^ Ae among the most important iif pie whole constitution, and probaldw the live liest debates in the sessiO|i will he upon them. K. II. Mr Master. Lari y Off His Base. Col. Gantt in the Headlight of last week attacks the new county move ment a “gwine ami u comin." He sails into it with a number of para graphic field pieces and then follows this fierce attack with an editorial of Columbian proportions. Col. Gantt charges “the inaugu- raters" of the new county measures with the most ignoble purposes and unpatriotic designs against the peo ple. And further charges all these heinous crimes to a class of South Carolinians that he calls “antics," and that all these outrages are di rected against the welfare of the “farmers" and seems to forget that patriotism exists in the breasts of men of all vocations in South Caro lina. The inaugurators of these new county measures in this state are en gaged in all the avocations that South Carolina’s numerous and necessari- ally diversified industries. They are patriots, old pat riots ami young pa triots. Among them are men whose battle-scarred limbs attest thier pa- t riot ism, t heir devotion to South < ’ur- olina. And among these “inaugu- rators" are sons of veteran patriots who look hack upon their sires with love and pride, love because of the ties of consanguinity, and pride be cause this consunguin ties link them ami their names to the names ami records of patriots and heroes vs ho have known their duties to Mouth Car. olinu and with a courage only pos sessed by patriots, have like men done them. Such charges coming from the source they do, comes with poor grace. Mouth Carolinians know brother Gantt and they know the men he as sails. His criminationsand recrimina tions of our people amounts to hut little with Mouth Carolinians. His unmanly attack and viruporations will full flat where he expected them to penetrate. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. THE COMING CONGRESS MUST PROVIDE REVENUE. Senator Hill’s Chances are Melting Like Snow Flakes Before a Summer’s Sun, So the Politicians Say. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Washington, D. C., Oct., 2.— The financial situation, like the poor, is always with us these days in one shape or another. Just now the friends of the administration are ju bilantly discussing the September Treasury statement, which shows an excess of receipts over expenditure- of about $2,000,000. Hut the oppo nents of the administration say there is nothing in it to jubilate over They go to the official figures and point out that in June, the last month of the last quarter, the excess over expenditures was .$4,000,000. and say that it is merely be cause the expenditures were smaller in September than in the preceding months of the quarter, and not be cause the revenues have increased, that there is a balance in favor of the government for the month. It is admitted by the government officials, privately if not publicly, that the coming congress w ill have to provide the government with addi tional revenue, hut they differ widely as to how it shall he raised. The re publicans, of course, propose t hat it shall he raised through the tariff. Inn they are not entering into part iculars of how. Many contend that raising tariff rates, unless it he upon article!* of necessity not produced in this country, will not increase the reve nue, and it is quite certain that the republicans will try to raise them upon a large number of articles, hut not probable that they will include necessities; next year will he presi dential year, you know. One of the things that will conspiciously figure in congressional discussions of the government’s finance is the rather OTTpleasaut fact that the proceeds of the three bond issues, while in the first place used to obtain gold for the reserve fund, were eventually used to meet current expenses of the govern ment, the revenue not being suffi cient. The silver men tried hard to bring that to the front at the last ses sion of congress, but. it was not an accomplished fact then as it is now. They only thought the money was to be so used. Now everybody knows it has actually been so used. According to the politicians, Mena- tor Hill is not placed in an enviable position by the open split in the ranks of the New York democrats. Said one of them, who is a democrat himself and a great admirer of Sena tor Hill: “It may have been meant for the good of the party, hut it has turned out to he good neither for the party nor Hill. The democrats had about forty out of a possible one hun- d-iod chances to carry New York be fore the split at Syracuse;now—well, now the democratic party hasn’t got chances enough to be mentioned, and yet, upon those chances, slim as they are, largely depend the political future of David H. Hill. If he can snatch victory out of what now looks like certain defeat he will he a bigger man than ever, and will wield enor mous power in the National Conven tion, even if he doesn’t capture the nomination for himself. Hut on the other hand, if the republicans carry the state. Hill will he blamed by all factions of the party, in as well us out of the state, and his influence in national polities will drop to mighty near zero. Senator Gorman is in the sume sort »f a predicament in Mary land, hut he is lots better off than Hill, because he lias more chances t<» carry his state, although lie is very fur from having what the ho;s would cull “u good thing." Advertising always pays. The Herreslioff’s, who were so widely ad vertised as the designers and build ers of the yacht Defender, have been awarded contracts for building t wo out of the three torpedo boat s author ized by the last Congress, and the firm may eventually get, the contract for the tbird bout. In authorizing the construction of these bouts Con gress M ipulatcd that, if satisfactory bids were received from those sec tions. one should he built on the At lantic cou-t, one on the Hueifie, and one on the Mississippi river. No bid was received from the MUsDsissippi river, and only onr from the Pacific coast that was within the amount al lowed for each bout—$150 IMXJ and that has not yet been accepted, hut it will he if the bidder sat isfies t he Navy Department that lie lias the facilities to build the bout. There were no ceremonies attend- 1 ant upon the retirement from the command of the Army of Lieut, lien. ! Schofield, which became an official fact yesterday at noon. The Presl- i dent has not designated his succes sor, and some think that fie will not 1 do so. If lie doesn’t the Secretary of War will continue to act us '‘Acting j Commander," as he is now doing. Gen. Nelson A. Miles being the sen ior Muj >r General would, if the usual custom w ere followed, he made com mander of the army, hut there is strong political opposition to his be ing desgnuted for the position. Senator Riackhurn is in Washing ton to attend the marriage of his daughter. He will not discdss poli tics for publication further than to declare his confidence of being re elected to the senate. His friends say among themselves that he has “got it in" for the administration, and that whether he gets re-elected or not, he proposes to “get even" during the next session of congress. Cure for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Hitters has proved to be the vers best, it effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual headaches yield to its, influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In eases of habitual constipa tion Electric Hitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. 'Fry it once. Large bot tles only Fifty cents at W. R. Du- I’re’s Drug Store. HE DREAMED AN UNTRUTH. A Model Farmer and Other Allgood Items of Imerest. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Algood. S. U., Oct.2.—Tom Campbell has just related one of the lunniest little dreams that I have ever heard of. He says lie dreamed that he was of God’s chosen elects. He say> Christ told him that He would carry him to Heaven alive, and furnish him a pale white horse to ride, and make him death mes senger of the people down here in this low ground of sorrow, loin says that T. V. Gowan was the first one that he bad to summons. He says he dreamed that the Lord prepared a long ladder reaching from earth to Heaven, and told him to come up on high. Tom says he climbed two days and nights, and when he reached the top of the ladder, ii lacked about two rounds of reaching the desired spot ; lie says he made a leap with the intention o' jumping in, and t *d,j u miscue and got one ot the darndest falls that an eiecl ever got. 1 noticed in last week’s Ledger that “Asbury" had a model man, and one of the most successful farm ers in the county. We are always glad to hear of such a man as this and if Col. Strain will come up in the Algood section, we will carry him around and show him a half dozen or more of just such. Take Mr. L. C. A. Clary, for instuce, he is what I cull a model man in every re spect. lie is a four horse farmer and raised his own flour, bacon, lard corn, molasses, peas, potatoes, on ions, turnips, and. in fet nearly ev- everything that 's adapted to this climate. ID always keeps, hogs, sheep and catt'e for sale. He has nearly all varieties of fowls, and ubuift fifty stands of bee-gums. He sells butter eggs and honey enough to supply the demandsof the family ; he has the finest orchard that 1 know of, and best of all, when it comes to attending to his own busi ness and letting everybody elses alone, he will compare with Rro. N. G. Littlejohn, or any other man in the Slate. D 0 Hr ice and R H. Hamilton, are the happy fathers of two bounc ing hoy babies. They both say they are going to raise them up under the management and discipline of Capt. J. H Rut rick, of Greenville, so they will muKe lieutenants and colonels in the next war. Dr. A. E. Rudgett. of Henrietta, N. C. was the attend ing physician. The Dr. has been spending a couple of weeks in this community attending the sick fami lies of Toby and Camillas Price The icy linger of death n been in our midst and claimed tl .ant of Mr. and Mrs. Landrum Davis. It died lust Thursday from the effects of chronic diurmocu, and w as buried at Macedonia on Friday. J. L indrum Clary is making some very fine molasses with his new mill. They are equal to any sugar house syrup you ever saw ; we would bring you d »w n a jugful if we knew you would aeccept them. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Sellers and L. M. Smith have lust returned from an extended trip to the inouutuios; they report a pleasmt visit nod a good time in general. Rob says the inou^MUi breezes and theeold water will imike a sand tapper shake he was in a shocking machine. Ct NNiNG Little Joe. ETCHINGS FROM ETTA JANE. ‘FLAW PICKER’’ GETS IT IN THE NECK. Col. Strain Compares Him to a Ban tam Rooster and Otherwise Roughly Uses the Prince of Faultfiniers. liki Mothers In Trouble. This is the condition of those ex pecting to become mothers. To such we point to a true friend in Mother's Relief, which not only makes child birth easy and painless, hut leaves mother and child in healthy and vig orous coiidit ion ; restores the motijer to her original beautiful form. Price $1 per bottle; !1 bottles for $2.50. For sale by druggist, or sent by express on receipt of price by MOTHERS’ RELIEF CO., Peters si , Atlanta, Ga. For sale by \V. 14. Dul re. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Etta Jane, Sept. 540.—The weather has put on its wintry airs anu fires and thick clothing are quite comfort able. We have had no frost yet that I have seen or heard of. Turnips and potatoes are needing rain. There is a great deal of sickness. Bilious fever and chills and fever are mostly the complaint. Mr. Archy Orr’s family are all down with bilious or malarial fever. Fodder pulling is pretty well over with and farmers have turned their attention to the cotton crop. Most of the cotton will be open in a few days. The water is so low at Howell’s ft-rry that the flat can’t run now. The forces under W. S. VYiilu rson who have been cleaning out the riv»-r from the Darwin place to Lockhart Shoals finished the job week before last, and the little steamer is ex pected to make its regular trips hereafter. The river is very low now and the lumber men can't get their rafts through without a great deal of trouble. Mrs. T. J. Estes, whose illness has been reported in these columns, is getting better. Dr. J. F. McCluney is her physician. The Salem congregation have made out a call for Rev. W. R. Owens,for one fourth of his time. It will hr placed in big hands this week. Ml. labor and Lockhart Shoals have done likewise. Mr. Owings will preach at Salem next rubbuth. Oth of October, at which time it is expected to hold the fall communion. The old soldiers of this cou.ny ex pect to organize a camp of United <'onfederate Veterans next Monday, October 7th. There are now enrolled :HU survivors in this county. The number of our camp will be 708. Mr. and Mrs. William Fowler have had a very sick child which, I am glad to learn, is getting better. Dr. J. E. Gardner is their physician. Ex-Judge J. M. Gee, of the Union liar, was before our trial justice court lust week on professional busi ness. Dr. J. E Garner perfmmed a very critical operation on Montie David son s throat last week. She is get ting better. Flaw Picker reminds me of a little Huntam rooster prancing around in order to get the larger species to no tice him. Sometimes I feel like tak ing him by the heels and wearing the very “yeath” out with hiuV. Hut he is too light for that and if 1 did I don’t doubt hut Mrs. Picker would fall out with me. He is always pick ing into other people’s business—es pecially the ladies, who have rights as well as he or I. He has a pen chant for scripture reading, without the proper spirit, I fear, He is so full of it and crows so loud that the journalistic hens can’t hear them selves i-aekle. He migh learn some- tiling from reading the last verses of j the lust chapter of Revelations care fully and pruyerlully. The fact is 1 can’t stand by and see him or any other inkslinger abuse the good ladies of this country merely becuus* of Ids whimsical ideas that they have no right to wear puffy dresses, ride bicycles, climb telegraph poles or do any ot her work from which they de rive either pleasure or profit How Mrs. Picker can love such a man as he is a question no one tills side of the moon can answer but herself. I dare say. Flaw, you charge me with being a flatterer, especially among the ladies. 1 intend they shall know how much I love them while you ex hibit nothing hut churlishness to wards them. Flaw, J think you and I occupy the relative positions of “Ole Misses Luiney and !hc pizen snake over in Gengy. whieh illustrates the point in question. Suffice it to say that John Rotter (who was eourtin’ •’sully at the tiinejruii outen (lie house to help ihe old lady lie found the snake lying rtwiie dead and exclaimed : “pizen- ed by golly." The old lady was so full of pizen herself the ruith-r couldn’t stand it and hence handed up his checks Now Flaw, I want you to go down and take spelling les sons under Judge Guyton until you learn how to spell, then go on with your flaw picking us usual. Hut stay uwu> from Blacksburg until we get nur new county in operation. You’ll strike things over there. J. L. a. Matters From Maui. (Correspondence of lui. Ledger. | Maud. S. H“pt. 540.—Cotton is a short crop Our farmers since they commenced picking say there is not as much cotton on the land aa they had anticipated. Some of our farmers have began gathering corn. The crop is fair hut not as heavy m it looked to be. R. E. Linder has let the contract of painting his house to Thomas McClunie. He will soon have tha work completed. There is some sickness in this vi cinity. Dr. M. W. Smith is practic ing. E. Hortons little daughter ia quite sick and Jas. H. McCraw’sbaba bus been quite sick for several daya. Mrs. Sarah Horton has been seriously ill. We hope the worst is past and that good health may be enjoyed throughout our neighborhood. Walter Long, colored, living near this place, hud the misfortune of get ting one of his children burned to death this morning. No particulars. James V. L. .VcCraw has accepted a position with Carroll & Carpenter, leading merchants of Gaffney. Wa miss him very much at this place, hut he delights us when we call at C & C’s. for he meets us with a smlla and waits on us|with that ease and graceful ability with which he ac quits himself in all his undertak ings. Your correspondent was on the sick list hist week|but he is on the up grade again, thanks. Yes, I aa quite cneerful to-day. I have re solved to smile if I can, whether the sun shines or not and to think tha best and do all the good I can. I have just returned home. I attended the Sunday School Union that con vened with the Buck Creek church. It was a grand and noble meeting, full of valuable truths and spiritual instruction. It was graced with the presence of Revs. Win. Foster, W. B. Horton, W. G. P. Ezell, C. F. Pel met. R. J. Fate and a number of like workers. The kind hospitality extended us by those Ruck Creek people will long rest in our memory teaching us the lesson of klndneM for t he refreshments we enjoyed waa u variety of tilings of the highest type of noble living administered af ter that manner that makes all feel pleasant. We enjoyed the acquain tance of new friends with whom ye spent u night. We shall cultivate the good influences and their virtuea imitate, while in solitude, whisper ings of the Father brings us all at last in at the peaceful gate. t. GROWING COWPENS. The Protracted Meeting Closes—Muck Good Accomplished. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Cowfens, 8. C., 8ept., 25.—Thie town has increased in the past year to a wonderful extent. Several new dwellings have been built and some new stores opened. Sim Moore it now building a new store. J. W. Harris will build a handsome dwell ing this fail. The lumber is on the ground hut there are nocarpentere to do the work. The Cowpens Manu facturing Company will increase their capacity atari early date. It is believed that that mill will soon rank with the largest mills in the county. I certainly agree with Flaw Picker in regard to the pretty girls. How X wish 1 could see him. I wonder if he has many pretty girls in his section of the country? The boys are going to the exposi tion this fall. Some have gone and returned. I think the best time will he in November. A young man by the name of Oweni fell from the elivutor of the mill ard broke his arm and bruised hie shoulder very badly. He is suffer ing very much at present. Old Coom. Cowpens, S. C., Sept., 25.—The protracted meeting at the methodisb church closed Monday night. Rev. Harley lias lubon-d earnestly with our people for about ten days and we hop-< that much and lusting good be the result. Mrs. J. A Cautrell is visiting rel atives in North Carolina. D. C. Stewart returned Sunday from Fairview, S. C., where he haa been attending a stock show. Miss ILadiu Wright was in towa last week. Mrs. J. H. 14. Garrison is quite tdek. Mi.-s Jessie Smith has been on the sick li.«t for a few days, hut she haa resumed her duties in the school room. Cotton is coming in now. Owing to tin* shortne>s of the crop we do not expect to see a large amount OH the market this season. Several lo*>ms are standing in the weave room lo re. Weavers sey that wages are lower than any of the other mills throughout the county pay for the same kind of work. c. B. (Both the above communications reached the office too late for last week’s paper. Correspondents will ph ase get their letters to the office on Monday if possible.—Ed.] “I would rather trust that medi cine than any doctor I know of," says Mrs. Hattie Mason of Chilton, Carter Co. Mo., in speaking of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea remedy. For sale by W. 14. DuPre.